Immunological faecal occult blood testing: A discriminatory test to identify colorectal cancer in symptomatic patients

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 329-331

  Kaul, A ^a   Shah, A ^b   Magill, F H ^c   Hawkins, S A ^c   Skaife, P ^c  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Protection Unit Kirkby   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Immunological faecal occult blood testing

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENT CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876089303     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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